José Astacio’s passion for the arts came early in life. Having anenormous imagination, Jose enjoyed drawing whatever he saw,analyzing and recreating images and building things out of any available materials. Like any kid's dream, he planned at an early ageto become great at what he did and work alongside the best makingmotion pictures. With his father having a computer background,Jose soon realized that the future of cinematic effects was going tobe on computers. During his teenage years, he took the opportunityto learn from the experience of his instructors, absorbing everythinghe could and taking classes from comic book art to graphic arts.Years later, he found his calling: 3D and visual effects. With that,his new career began.